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Merry Christmas from Screen Gems (Patreon)

Published:
2019-12-25 20:38:02
Edited:
2020-03-20 19:54:50
Imported:
2021-01

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I hope everyone enjoyed our Paramount Pictures Christmas episode! We’re sorry about being behind on the video commentaries - most of my time not editing the podcasts is devoted to full-time and part-time work, and Bob’s still getting adjusted to editing these on his own. I do know that Bob’s first will probably be for Hold the Wire, one he was supposed to record for the Warner Popeye release that Warner was too cheap to pay studio time for.

As a bonus for you $10+ patrons, here’s a real rarity that I’m going to ask you not share. Earlier this year, a number of rare nitrate prints turned up in the Netherlands that yours truly imported here and transferred on his own dime. One of them is one of the only known prints of the 1947 Cinecolor Phantasy cartoon from Screen Gems, Alex Lovy’s Wacky Quacky. [The last scene and end are sourced from an iPhone reference video taken off a flatbed projection; it’s the only advantage that print has, as it’s also missing at least a whole minute.] The roaming orange streaks are the result of emulsion flaking from bad storage.

Bob Clampett’s time as a story consultant at Screen Gems (though no one actually ever saw him in the building) after he left Warners was marked with lots of ersatz Warners ideas and a Sylvester rip-off. Here is their Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd knockoff, with all the zeal and appeal of a real-life snuff film. Enjoy? And seasin's greetinks to you all...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sMbdsKsWDt7hQcrdy__vDk7GCnJFsIGh/view?usp=sharing

-Thad

Files

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Comments

Anonymous

I like the log gag and Darrell Calker score, but otherwise, this is a pretty meandering and unfunny cartoon. What makes these Screen Gems things so hard to watch is that the CONCEPTS are so unique and interesting, but they're executed in such a sloppy way. Stuff like this make you appreciate the Warner cartoons all the more.

Anonymous

"Dick Lundy ruined Darrell Calker"-Mike Kazaleh

Anonymous

This really sounds like a Walter Lantz cartoon, not just because of the Darrell Caulker score, but Not-Daffy sounds like the early Woody Woodpecker. Even the animation and character design makes me think of a Lantz cartoon. There are a few good gags here and there, ruined by strange timing. The biggest (still small) laugh comes at the end. Like some of the Famous Popeyes, it’s worth seeing for the animation even when the gags fall flat.

Anonymous

This cartoon to me felt like they really didn't understand Daffy's character at all. He was mischievous, full of energy, and just wanted to have fun even with his adversaries at the time. This duck on the other hand is pure unfunny sadist and the only thing I really like about this short is the music by Darrell Calker. Otherwise, it's not one I'd likely come back to anytime soon. Thanks for posting, however. Brings me back to the good ol' days of Saturday Bowl of WTF, which were always my favorite posts by far back when I was still 12-13 years old!

Anonymous

This rarity is funny in how bad it is. The title “Wacky Quacky” sounds like the name of an illicit drug.

Anonymous

"Cat-astrophe" is even worse.

John Veitch

Alex Lovy directed for Screen Gems? Is this his only surviving on screen credit? (Given that most of the studio's cartoons have been re-issued as "Columbia Favorites" with no credits)

Anonymous

Alex Lovy received screen credit for five Screen Gems cartoons, produced right at the tail end of the studio's run, including the last of the pre-UPA Fox & Crow cartoons, GRAPE NUTTY and a spot gag cartoon, SHORT SNORTS ON SPORTS. One, the film noir spoof FLORA, is actually quite good.